Report From Parliament Hill

Eric Melillo, MP, Kenora Riding

Dear Constituents

The NDP-Liberal Finance Minister has scrambled to bring in her latest tax hike—this time to raise the capital gains tax—to pay for the government’s uncontrolled inflationary spending. Nearly two months after they tabled their budget with this tax hike, there has been uncertainty and confusion.
The government have been scrambling while facing opposition from doctors, small business owners and Canadians saving for their retirements. They are raising taxes without even passing a law, which begs the question: what other last-minute surprise tax hikes will they spring on people after the fact?
After nine years of this NDP-Liberal government, Canadians’ standard of living is falling as a result of our declining productivity, particularly in comparison to countries like the USA. This is because Canadian workers don’t have access to the same tools and technology, otherwise known as capital. As a result of the NDP-Liberal investment-killing policies, including this increase of the capital gains tax, capital has been driven out of Canada and Canadians are worse off.
This is a job-killing tax on health care, homebuilding, small business and farmers.
Businesses, jobs, doctors and food production will leave Canada. Everyone left behind will pay the prices with fewer jobs and higher costs for everything. Taxing farmers drives up food costs. Taxing doctors mean it’s harder to find one. Taxing homebuilders means fewer homes. And taxing small business means fewer paycheques. The NDP-Liberal government is not worth the cost.  
That is why within 60 days of forming government, Common Sense Conservatives will name a Tax Reform Task Force of entrepreneurs, inventors, farmers, and workers (but no lobbyists) to design a Bring it Home Tax Cut that will:
•    Allow workers to bring home more of each dollar they earn to reward work.
•    Bring home production and paycheques, by making Canada the best place to invest, hire and make things.
•    Bring home fairness by reducing the share of taxes paid by the poor and middle class while cutting tax-funded corporate welfare and cracking down on overseas tax havens.
•    Cutting the paperwork and bureaucracy in the tax system by at least 20%.
Common Sense Conservatives will unlock the potential of our strivers, inventors, builders, entrepreneurs and workers to restore Canada’s promise. Those who go sleepless nights mortgaging their homes wondering how they’ll pay employees will have their success rewarded and not vilified.
Instead of turning workers against business owners, we should turn workers INTO business owners. We will be a country where hard work earns powerful paycheques and pensions that buy affordable food, gas and homes in safe neighbourhoods. Now, let’s bring it home.
Working for You 
If you’re planning to be in Ottawa and are interested in attending Question Period or taking a tour of Parliament, please let me know and my office can help reserve Question Period and tour tickets. 
As always, if there is anything my office can assist you with, please call me at 807-223-2182 (Dryden) or 807-468-2170 (Kenora) or email me at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Eric Melillo
Member of Parliament
Kenora Riding